The Church in Malta is saddened by the human tragedies that are occurring in the Mediterranean Sea around us. The committed Christian cannot remain indifferent in the face of what is happening to so many people who, in an attempt to seek better pastures, are ultimately losing God’s greatest gift to mankind, life. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has described a shocking photograph of the dead body of a boy with open arms, washed ashore in Libya, which is being circulated in the media, as “the modern crucifix”.  When faced with this image which portrays the cruel reality that thousands of immigrants are facing, no one can remain passive, neither the European and world leaders, nor us, as Christians…

“Morru fid-dinja kollha xandru l-Bxara t-Tajba lill-ħolqien kollu” (Mk 16,15). Ġesù jrid li l-Vanġelu jixxandar bl-aħjar mod possibbli biex jasal għand kulħadd. Il-Knisja tfittex il-mezzi kollha disponibbli biex tagħmel dan. “Il-Knisja Kattolika tarah dmirha li tuża wkoll l-istrumenti ta’ komunikazzjoni soċjali sabiex ixxandar l-aħbar tas-salvazzjoni u tgħallem lill-bnedmin kif iħaddmuhom tajjeb” (Inter Mirifica, Nru 3). Għalhekk qed noffru din il-website b’xerja ġdida f’isem l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta…